Magnetic instrument for lifting hairpins



Pafenfed oofl 20, 1953 UNITED STATES fTENT oFFICE Alexis zoohofy, NeW Yofk, N. f.

AppHootion Novon1bef 30, 195!! Seff!1!o, 198,431-

y iflvefltion is an in1pfoved instfunlent fof Tenloving nd gtheg up Ineta1 pins fof the haif of fhe h8ad, ond is adopted both to pu11 the pif1s out of the haif aftef a dfessing tfeat Inent has been ooff1pleted, and to take up pif1s ffofn the f!oof When they have been dfopped, and depos them in al suitable receptac1e So that they vfi11 a1Ways be feady at hond fof fe peated ose.

Ln ifflpoftant object of this ifnpfovefnent is to pfovide a 1ifting inStfunlent oontaining a nlagnetio elen1ent Whioh attfactS the pif1S, ond holds them while they are being lifted; and is so oonStfucted that the pins oan be feleased ot Wi11, In hair dreSSing establishInentS Inany hundfedS of pinS oaf1 be let fa11 in the c011fse of J busy day, afld the feoovefy and Salvage of such pif1s is an ifnpoftant iten1 in oonneotion Wifh opefating ooSts.

fnothef objeot is to pfovide a fnagneic de vioo fof extfacting pins ffom the haif so devised that it Wi11 gathef the pins iflto 9 Sheaf of bunoh and a'ffange theIn so that the pointed ends aJfe a11 of the saIne extfeInity of the Sheaf of bnnoh; thefefofe a11 the pins afe if1 the fight positiof1 be used again.

hef objeots Wi11 appeaf in the fo11ovvi11g de- ScTiption that, in conjunction vvith the drawings,

sets fofth one of fnofe foffnS of the invef1tion. ut thiS d!solosufe iS by vvay of exaInple only ond vafiations in stfuctufa1 detailS Inay be adopted Without depaffing ffofn the genefa1 de Sign if1 Which the invention fesides.

on the dfawings= igufe 1 iS a 1oflgitudiflal section of ofle efn bodin1ent of nly inventiof1.

1 'igufe 2 is a sectiof1 Sifflilaf to igufe L With the aftS Shown in aJ diffefent position, and

igufe 3 shovvS a holdef fof the pins.

The if1st1 un1ent is fof vvithdfavfing ffleta1 pins ffoff1 the haif on the Subjects head; and then oo11ecting the pif1s into a sheaf of bunch, a11 in pfopef position With the open ends of the pif1S adjacenf one anothef. The tubulaf body !2 has at ofle end the handle !3. The othef end of the body !2 iS open and in this end iS the ff19ug11et one end of the fnagnet is nof IT1ally f!ush With the open end of the oasing ond thiS end of the fnagnet is expoSed thfough the open end of the body !2, The expoSed end of the ff1adgflet is oovefed by a disk !5 that is aftaohed to a stem !o that extends inWafd thfough a 1ongitudinal bofe in the nlagnetio elefflent l4. t the innef end of the stem iS a xed ofoss pin of baf !f. s baf pfojeots thfough slots !9 in the Sides of the fflagf1et and slots 2!! if1 the SideS of the oasing !2. f oofnpfession Spfing 2! enoifoles the stem !6 betWeen the cfoSS pin of baf !8 and a Shouldef 22 if1 an enlafged poft 23 of the bofe of the innef end of the n1agnet. The slots !9 are adiacent the enlafgement 23 and the s1otS 2@ extend ffon1 the pin !8 in the position ShoWn on 'igufe 2 towafds the hand1e of knob !3- he diSk !5 is of slightly leSS diaInetef than the inside of the oasing !2; aJfld the Spfif1g 2! between the fngnet and the baf nofnZany opefates to hold the diSk !5 aginSt the nlagnet. Then the baf !S lies in the ends of the Slots !9 closest to the innef end of the ff1ag fletic elen1ent When the fnagnet iS fiush With the end of the oasif1g !2, and at the ends of the S1ots 2 faftheSt ffofn the handle !3. The oaS fng n1ay have a bevelled fin1 2- t the innef end of the !nagnet Seoufed in any Suitable way, is a xed eyelet 2. A fod of liflk 2 iS joined at ofle end to this eyelet, and fS connected at its opposite eno by aJ pivot pin 27 to a point betWeen fhe endS of aJ levef 28 in the oasing !2 neaf the handle !3. T his levef iS Seoufed of one end to a pivot 29 if1 the oaSing !f; and it extefldS thfough aJ slot 3 in the oasing, the outef end 3! being founded and bent SonleWhat towafd the oasing tenSion Spfing 2 is joined to the levef betvveen the pivot 29 and the link 26, and to the casing betWeen the lever and the ofoSS pin !8. The Spfif1g 32 may be feplaced by a Spfing at the pivot 2.

only the elefnent is nlagnetic, the 0hef paftS being 11of1-fflagnetio afld n1ade of fnetaL fibef, plaStic of othef Suitable rnatofia1. The fnagnef acts thfough the diSk !5 (Whfoh also oan be fnagnetic if desifed) to pu11 the pif1s if1 dioated of 33 of1e by one ffom the hoif and ho!d then1 by n1agf1etio atffaction. when a11 the pinS afe extfacted the outef end 32 of the levef 28 iS pfeSSed towafos the handle !3- The n1agnet ff and disk !5 afe thuS WithdfaWn into the open end of the oaSing !2. The olosed endS of the pins oling to the diSk and a11 the pfns afe thuS lalid side by SiCle with theif open of Separted ends pointing outWafd. vVhen the ofoss b9uf feacheS the endS of the slotS 2e if1 the oaSing !2, the stefn !6 and diSk !5 afe stopped, but the mognet oan go fafthef inWafd beoause of the slots !9 in the nlagnet !f. fIef1oe the lT19dgflet and diSk !5 Separate, the effeot of the II1agneio fofoe 011 the haif pinS is vveakened, and the hoif pins ofe feleased and can be pu1!ed out of the open end of the oasing !2- vvhen the booohod pif1s afe taken off the in 

